Parody vs. Spoof — What's the Difference?

A parody, also called a spoof, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or make fun of its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it — theme/content, author, style, etc.

A satirical imitation; a parody or send-up.

A literary or artistic work that uses imitation, as of the characteristic style of an author or a work, for comic effect or ridicule.

A deception or ruse.

A genre, as in literature, comprising such works.

To do a spoof of; satirize.

Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty

To play a trick on; deceive.

(Music) The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.

(Computers) To assume or emulate the identity of (another user or device), as when gaining access to a system, for example.

To make a parody of.

(countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.

A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

(countable) A light parody.

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.

To make a parody of something.

(uncountable) Nonsense.

A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.

Semen.

A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

Fake, hoax.

To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

(transitive) To gently satirize.

A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

(transitive) To deceive.

Humorous or satirical mimicry

To falsify.

Make a spoof of or make fun of

To ejaculate, to come.

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A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

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